Mammalia - Cetacea - Mammalodontidae
Full reference: E. M. G. Fitzgerald. 2006. A bizarre new toothed mysticete (Cetacea) from Australia and the early evolution of baleen whales. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 1-9
Belongs to Janjucetus according to R. E. Fordyce and F. G. Marx 2018
See also Fitzgerald 2006, Fitzgerald 2010, Fordyce and Marx 2016, Geisler et al. 2011, Marx 2011, Marx and Fordyce 2015 and Tsai and Kohno 2017
Sister taxon: Janjucetus dullardi
Type specimen: NMV P216929, a skull. Its type locality is Rocky Point, which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal marl in the Jan Juc Formation of Australia.
Ecology: aquatic carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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